Blossom

A.N: Hey guys, I have written a few one-shots, but I'm not too sure if you have met me yet since this will be my first Naruto story! Some of you might not like it, since it's not really something you'd expect. Sakura Haruno isn't the same girl you knew, and I have changed her in quite a few ways.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!

Prologue

A young female walks through the Leaf village park, gently kicking up some dust. Her peers were picking on her again, because of her wide forehead. The young female sighs softly and stares at the ground, her emerald-green eyes softening. It wasn't her fault that she had a huge forehead. If she could blame anyone it would be her family. She shakes her head lightly and looks up, hearing someone crying. The female tilts her head to the side frowning. She takes a small breath before walking over to the lone male on the swing and sitting next to him, swallowing nervously.

"Hey, are you okay?" The young female asks gently swinging. She waits for a few minutes and frowns, not getting a reply. "I'm not going to hurt you." She tries again and turns to look at the male. He was either her age or a little older; he has short blond spiky hair, bright blue eyes, and pale skin. The strangest thing about him were the three whiskers on each cheek. The male, who finally looks over at her, smiles softly and wipes his tears away.

"I~I'm okay." He whispers softly while sniffling. The female smiles, her emerald-green eyes shining brightly.

"My name is Sakura Haruno, what is yours?" The female, known as Sakura, asks swinging higher, ignoring the looks the villagers gave them. The male looks over at her and smiles even more. The first person to stare at him as if he's human. The first person who actually acknowledges him.

"I'm Naruto Uzamaki! Sakura-chan, can we meet and...talk again?" The male, Naruto, asks shyly looking back at the ground. Sakura nods, smiling. She jumps off the swing and lands on her feet before walking in front of his swing and holding out her pinky finger. Naruto looks up and tilts his head.

"You're suppose to connect your pinky with mine. It's a pinky promise." Sakura explains, waiting for him to complete the promise. Naruto laughs, connecting his pinky with hers.

"Young lady! Why were you talking to that filthy creature?!" Sakura's fathers yells, slamming his fist on the table. Sakura stands in front of the table and blinks, showing no fear. "Answer me, now!" Sakura's mother rushes over and gently grabs onto her husband, frowning.

"She's only a child. She doesn't know what he is." Her mother whispers harshly. Her father raises his hand and slaps his wife, forcing her to fall on the ground.

"Listen here you little brat!" He yells, turning his attention back his daughter, "You are to stay away from him, do I make myself clear?!" Sakura glares crossing her arms over her chest.

"You can't order me to stay away from him. I made a pinky promise that I'll talk to him again." Sakura mumbles, her eyes quickly traveling over to her mother who was on the ground. Her mother's body was emotionless. Sakura's eyes snap back up at her father and frowns.

"Sakura Haruno. You will regret speaking against me. Go to your room, but before you go, take care of your mother!" Her father walks out of the house, slamming the door, probably getting more to drink. Sakura glares at the door before rushing over to her mother and kneeling on the ground, wiping her mother's hair away from her face frowning. Her mother didn't deserve this.

After Sakura brought her mother to her parents bedroom she walks into her room and sits on her bed, closing her eyes. It's always like this. I come home and get in trouble, and mother is the one who gets beat. She deserves better than that...beast. Sakura closes her eyes and feels tears roll down her cheek. From this day on, I will start to protect my mother. I will gain strength to save her, from that awful beast, and I will keep my promise to Naruto-kun. Sakura lays down in her bed before slowly drifting off to sleep.

Sakura opens her eyes and sits up, yawning. It's been three weeks since she joined the Ninja Academy, and three weeks and one day since her father beat up her mother. Sakura shakes her head lightly and stretches before standing up. She walks over to her closet and changes quietly, brushes her hair, brushes her teeth, and heads downstairs. Her mother stood in the kitchen forcing a smile. Her mother has a new bruise on her right cheek and a black eye on her left. Sakura looks away and grabs an apple and looks around, noticing her father is gone.

"Mother, where is he?" Sakura asks softly taking a small bite of her apple.

"Your father left to go to the bar, dear." Her mother answers before sitting down in another chair and frowning, "He's going to start hurting you, Sakura-chan. You shouldn't have joined the Academy..." Sakura stands up and glares towards the wall.

"I'm going to continue to be in the Academy until I am the greatest Kunochi on earth. He will never be able to touch someone I love, ever!" Sakura's mother smiles sadly and nods, knowing she wouldn't be able to stop her daughter.

Sakura walks through the streets and smiles softly, heading towards the park. She was meeting Naruto again, just like she promised. She closes her eyes and hums softly, ignoring the gossiping citizens. Ever since she started to talk to Naruto, people have whispered quietly around her. She's learned to ignore it, not matter what they say. She shakes her head lightly. She turns down an alley, only to run into someone. Sakura falls quietly onto the ground and groans softly, looking up. She notices a male around her age blinking in confusion before looking down at her and blinking. The male has black hair that is spiky in the back, but flat in the front, he has pale skin, and dark eyes. He extends his hand out to her and mumbles under his breath. Sakura blushes lightly and grabs his hand before sending him a sheepish smile.

"I'm sorry, I was clumsy." She whispers putting her hand into his and bowing after he pulls her up. She looks up at the male and tilts her head to the side innocently, "I'm Haruno Sakura, who are you?" She asks.

"Sasuke Uchiha." He mumbles and shakes his head, "Be more careful next time, Sakura-chan." He walks past her, heading towards an older boy that looks like him, making her smile lightly.

"Will do, Sasuke-kun!" She yells before running through the alley, knowing she was late to meet Naruto.

Sakura yawns softly while walking back into her house and greeting her mother. She eats dinner and heads back into her room to go to sleep, knowing the next few years of her life will become busy and hopefully successful.

Next chapter will be when they are older! In case you guys didn't notice, they were all pretty young here, so they will 12 next! I don't have much to say except I hope you enjoyed it and to review! Oh, there is one thing I do at the end of my chapters or stories. I ask a question, and usually love to have an answer in the comments. So here is my question; Who should Sakura end up with? I hope you guys enjoyed!

~ElegantAngelxo